Business Consulting - Business Transformation - Life Sciences - Commercial Analytics - Manager

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Our clients operate in a world where achieving and sustaining performance is more difficult than ever. EY’s Life Sciences Consulting Services team assists clients in finding the right balance between protecting the business and driving measurable value.  

  

The opportunity 

EY has a robust life sciences commercial practice, helping clients with strategic growth, business transformation, and commercial excellence. This senior role within our Consulting practice will have the opportunity to lead large engagements, build solutions, lead teams, and innovate in the market. Our practice works with large pharma, biotechnology, medical device manufacturers, and medical technology industries. You will be an integral member of our life sciences consulting team, and spend most of your time focused on providing client services in the following areas: business transformation, commercial operations, commercial data and analytics, commercial strategy, market access, growth strategy, operating model optimization, technology implementation and enterprise transformation.  

 

Your key responsibilities 

A majority of your time will be spent supporting client engagement teams and working with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services in the life sciences domain.  

 

Skills and attributes for success 

• Strong prior experience in Life Science commercial strategy with a focus on operational models. Additional experience in market access and commercial analytics will be a plus 

• Prior experience working in Strategy focused boutique life sciences or internal strategy roles with top biopharma clients (e.g., Merck, Pfizer, BMS) 

• Experience managing a team of at least 5 reports in a dynamics fast paced setting 

• Effectively manage and motivate client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds 

• Leading large-scale client engagements and consistently delivering quality client services 

• Monitoring progress, managing risk and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes 

• Managing expectations of client service delivery and staying abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business 

• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment by playing an active role in counselling and mentoring junior consultants within the organization 

• Developing and maintaining long-term client relationships and networks. 

• Developing relationships with team members across all EY practices to serve client needs 

• Remaining current on new developments in the life sciences advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge  

 

To qualify for the role, you must have 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business, Biology, Pharmacology 

• 6+ years biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience and experience providing advisory services in these industries, focused in at least one of the following areas: 

• Commercial analytics 

• Brand strategy 

• Pricing and market access 

• Commercial operations model transformation 

• Digital campaign management strategy 

• Familiarity with pharmaceutical datasets (e.g. pricing databases, prescription and claims databases, etc.) 

• Experience with commercial operations and analytics 

• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint 

• The executive presence to interact with the C-Suite 

• A willingness to travel to meet client needs 

• Significant advisory/consulting experience is within life sciences is required  

 

Ideally, you’ll also have 

• Life science or biomedical background and experience in data analytics and commercial operations 

• PhD in life sciences or bio-focused engineering discipline  

 

What we look for 

We’re interested in passionate leaders with a strong vision, those who enjoying working collaboratively to solve problems, and a desire to stay on top of trends in the Life Sciences industry. If you have a strong passion for helping business